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List of castles in Wales, the Glossary

Wales is sometimes called the "castle capital of the world" because of the large number of castles in a relatively small area.^[1]

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Aberdyfi Castle

Aberdyfi Castle is a castle located near Glandyfi, Ceredigion, in Wales.

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Aberedw Castle

The remains of Aberedw Castle, also known as 'Castle in Elfael Uwch Mynydd', are located at the small village of Aberedw in the county of Powys, Mid-Wales.

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Abergavenny

Abergavenny (Y Fenni, archaically Abergafenni meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Abergavenny Castle

Abergavenny Castle (Castell y Fenni) is a ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, established by the Norman lord Hamelin de Balun.

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Aberystwyth Castle

Aberystwyth Castle (Castell Aberystwyth) is a Grade I listed Edwardian fortress located in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales.

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Aberystwyth Town Council

Aberystwyth Town Council (Cyngor Tref Aberystwyth) is the community council that governs the ancient borough, town and community of Aberystwyth.

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Adpar

Adpar, formerly Trefhedyn, is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, in the community of Llandyfriog, now considered as a part of Newcastle Emlyn to which it is joined by a bridge across the River Teifi.

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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, branded as simply Amgueddfa Cymru (formerly the National Museums and Galleries of Wales and legally National Museum of Wales), is a Welsh Government sponsored body that comprises seven museums in Wales.

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Anglesey

Anglesey (Ynys Môn) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales.

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Atlantic College

UWC Atlantic (formally the United World College of the Atlantic, and often referred to by its original name, Atlantic College) is an independent boarding school in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales.

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Barland Castle

Barland Castle, also known as Bishopston Old Castle, was a motte-and-bailey castle located near the village of Old Radnor, in Radnorshire (modern-day Powys), Wales.

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Barry Castle

Barry Castle (Castell y Barri) is a small Grade II* listed ruined two-storey gatehouse with the adjacent walls of a hall in the Romilly district of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales.

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Beaumaris Castle

Beaumaris Castle (Castell Biwmares), in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, was built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer north Wales after 1282.

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Beguildy

Beguildy (Bugeildy) is a village and community in Powys, Wales.

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Benton Castle

Benton Castle is a small fortification in the community of Burton, Pembrokeshire, Wales, now in use as a private house, in a wooded area overlooking the Cleddau river.

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Bettws Newydd

Bettws Newydd (Betws Newydd) is a small village in Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales located about north of Usk, a few miles south of Clytha near Raglan, Monmouthshire.

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Bishop's Palace, Llandaff

The Bishop's Palace, which is also known as Llandaff Castle or Bishop's Castle or the Old Bishop's Palace, is the ruined residence of the bishops of Llandaff.

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Blaenllynfi Castle

Blaenllynfi Castle (Castell Blaenllynfi) is a privately owned ruinous stone castle near the village of Bwlch in southern Powys, Wales.

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Bleddfa Castle

Bleddfa Castle (sometimes referred to as Bledeach or Bledvach Castle) was a motte and bailey structure near Llangunllo in modern-day Powys, Wales.

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Bodelwyddan Castle

Bodelwyddan Castle (Castell Bodelwyddan), close to the village of Bodelwyddan, near Rhyl, Denbighshire in Wales, was built around 1460 by the Humphreys family of Anglesey as a manor house.

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Brecon Castle

Brecon Castle (Castell Aberhonddu) is a castle in the town of Brecon, Wales.

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Bridgend County Borough

Bridgend County Borough (Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales.

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Bronllys Castle

Bronllys Castle (Castell Bronllys) is a motte and bailey fortress standing south of Bronllys, towards Talgarth in Powys, Wales.

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Bryn Bras Castle

Bryn Bras Castle is a Grade II* listed country house located on the old road between Llanrug and Llanberis in Caernarfon, Gwynedd.

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Buddugre Castle

Buddugre Castle (sometimes referred to as Tomen Bedd-Ugre, Castell Cwm Aran, Tomen Bedd Turc and Bedd-y-gre) was a motte and bailey defensive fortification overlooking the River Ithon, located in the community of Llanddewi Ystradenny, in Radnorshire (modern-day Powys), Wales.

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Builth Castle

Builth Castle (Castell Llanfair-ym-Muallt) was a castle built under King Edward I, just outside Builth Wells, Powys, Wales.

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Burfa Castle

Burfa Castle (also known as Burfa Hillfort, Burfa Bank Hillfort, or Burfa Camp) is an Iron Age hillfort near the tiny town of Old Radnor, Radnorshire in Powys, Wales.

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Cadw

italic (a Welsh verbal noun meaning "keeping/preserving") is the historic environment service of the Welsh Government and part of the Tourism and Culture group.

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Caer Castell Camp

Caer Castell Camp, also known as Caer Castell Ring Motte, is a medieval motte and ditch in Rumney in Cardiff, Wales, which is a scheduled monument.

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Caergwrle Castle

Caergwrle Castle (Castell Caergwrle), also known as Queen's Hope in scholarly texts, is located in the town of Caergwrle, in Flintshire, Wales.

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Caerleon

Caerleon (Caerllion) is a town and community in Newport, Wales.

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Caernarfon Castle

Caernarfon Castle (Castell Caernarfon) is a medieval fortress in Gwynedd, north-west Wales.

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Caerphilly Castle

Caerphilly Castle (Castell Caerffili) is a medieval fortification in Caerphilly in South Wales. List of castles in Wales and Caerphilly Castle are Gothic architecture in Wales.

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Caerphilly County Borough

Caerphilly County Borough (Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales.

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Caerwedros

Caerwedros is a small village in western Ceredigion, Wales, in the community of Llandysiliogogo.

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Caldicot Castle

Caldicot Castle (Castell Cil-y-coed) is an extensive stone medieval castle in the town of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales, built near the site of Harold Godwinson's former Saxon castle by the Norman earls of Hereford from about 1100.

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Candleston Castle

Candleston Castle (historically sometimes Candlestone Castle) is a 14th-century fortified manor house, in ruins since the 19th century.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

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Cardiff Castle

Cardiff Castle (Castell Caerdydd) is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales.

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Cardiff Council

Cardiff Council, formally the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff (Cyngor Sir Dinas a Sir Caerdydd) is the governing body for Cardiff, one of the principal areas of Wales.

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Cardigan Castle

Cardigan Castle (Castell Aberteifi) is a castle overlooking the River Teifi in Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales.

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Carew Castle

Carew Castle (Castell Caeriw) is a castle in the civil parish of Carew in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Carmarthen Castle

Carmarthen Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerfyrddin) is a ruined castle in Carmarthen, West Wales, UK.

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Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin or informally Sir Gâr) is a county in the south-west of Wales.

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Carndochan Castle

Carndochan Castle (Castell Carndochan) is a ruined stone castle near Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, north Wales.

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Carreg Cennen Castle

Carreg Cennen Castle (Castell Carreg Cennen) is a castle sited on a high rocky outcrop overlooking the River Cennen, close to the village of Trap, four miles south east of Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Castell Aberlleiniog

Castell Aberlleiniog (Castle of the Mouth of the Lleiniog) is a motte and bailey fortress near the Welsh village of Llangoed on the Isle of Anglesey, built between 1080 and 1099 by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester.

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Castell Arnallt

The site of Castell Arnallt, sometimes known as Castle Arnold, is located near the village of Llanover in the Usk valley of Monmouthshire, Wales, some south east of Abergavenny.

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Castell Coch

) is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in South Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081 to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the Taff Gorge. Abandoned shortly afterwards, the castle's earth motte was reused by Gilbert de Clare as the basis for a new stone fortification, which he built between 1267 and 1277 to control his freshly annexed Welsh lands.

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Castell Dinas

Castell Dinas is a hillfort and castle in southern Powys, Wales.

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Castell Dinas Brân

Castell Dinas Brân is a medieval castle, built by the Princes of Powys Fadog, which occupies a prominent hilltop site above the town of Llangollen in Denbighshire, Wales.

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Castell Du

black castle, also known as Sennybridge Castle or Castell Rhyd-y-Briw, is located approximately eight miles west of Brecon in Powys, Wales, and is believed to be the work of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales.

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Castell Gwallter

Castell Gwallter, also known as Walter's Castle and sometimes Castell Penweddig, is the remains of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle situated on a large hill above the old village of Llandre (Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn) in northern Ceredigion, Wales, four miles northeast of Aberystwyth.

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Castell Moel

Castell Moel (also known as Greencastle, Green Castle, Humphreys Castle, or Castle Mole) is the remains of a 16th-century fortified manor house in the community of Llangain in Carmarthenshire, Wales, and also a medieval motte about to the south of the manor house.

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Castell y Bere

Castell y Bere is a Welsh castle near Llanfihangel-y-pennant in Gwynedd, Wales.

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Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Castle Nimble

Castle Nimble (also called Knapp; Maes Hyfaidd; Maes Hyvaidd) was a motte and bailey defensive fortification near Old Radnor, in Radnorshire (modern-day Powys), Wales.

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Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd

The Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd is a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site located in Gwynedd, Wales.

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Castles in Great Britain and Ireland

Castles have played an important military, economic and social role in Great Britain and Ireland since their introduction following the Norman invasion of England in 1066. List of castles in Wales and Castles in Great Britain and Ireland are lists of castles in the United Kingdom.

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Castles in Scotland

Castles are buildings that combine fortifications and residence, and many were built within the borders of modern Scotland.

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Cefnllys Castle

Cefnllys Castle (Castell Cefn-llys) was a medieval spur castle in Radnorshire (now part of Powys), Wales.

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Ceredigion

Ceredigion, historically Cardiganshire, is a county in the west of Wales.

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Ceredigion County Council

Ceredigion County Council (Cyngor Sir Ceredigion) is the governing body for the county of Ceredigion, since 1996 one of the unitary authorities of Wales.

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Chepstow Castle

Chepstow Castle (Castell Cas-gwent) at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain.

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Chirk Castle

Chirk Castle (Castell y Waun) is a Grade I listed castle located in Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales, from Chirk railway station, now owned and run by the National Trust.

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Cilgerran Castle

Cilgerran Castle (Castell Cilgerran) is a 13th-century ruined castle located in Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales, near Cardigan.

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City and County of Swansea Council

The City and County of Swansea Council (Cyngor Dinas a Sir Abertawe), or simply Swansea Council (Cyngor Abertawe), is the local authority for the city and county of Swansea, one of the principal areas of Wales.

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Clyro

Clyro (Cleirwy) is a village and community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales, with 781 inhabitants as of the 2011 UK Census.

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Coity Castle

Coity Castle (Castell Coety) in Glamorgan, Wales, is a Norman castle built by Sir Payn "the Demon" de Turberville (fl. 1126), one of the legendary Twelve Knights of Glamorgan supposed to have conquered Glamorgan under the leadership of Robert FitzHamon (d. 1107), Lord of Gloucester.

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Colwyn Castle

Colwyn Castle was a medieval castle near Llansantffraed in Wales.

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Conwy Castle

Conwy Castle (Castell Conwy) is a fortification in Conwy, located in North Wales.

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Conwy County Borough

Conwy County Borough (Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy) is a county borough in the north of Wales.

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Criccieth Castle

Criccieth Castle (Castell Cricieth) is a ruined thirteenth-century castle in Criccieth, Gwynedd, Wales.

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Crickhowell Castle

Crickhowell Castle (Castell Crucywel) is a Grade I listed building in Crickhowell, Wales, now largely ruined.

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Crug Eryr Castle

Crug Eryr Castle (Castell Crug Eryr) was a motte and bailey-style castle located atop a hill adjacent to the A44 about 2 miles northwest of Llanfihangel Nant Melan, near New Radnor in Powys, Wales.

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Cyfarthfa Castle

Cyfarthfa Castle (Castell Cyfarthfa) is a castellated mansion that was the home of the Crawshay family, ironmasters of Cyfarthfa Ironworks in Park, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.

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Deganwy Castle

Deganwy Castle (Arx Deganhui;s:la:Annales Cambriae (B Text), 13th century Caer Ddegannwy; Modern Castell Degannwy) was an early stronghold of Gwynedd in Deganwy, at the mouth of the River Conwy in Conwy, north Wales.

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Denbigh Castle and town walls

Denbigh Castle and town walls (Castell Dinbych a waliau tref) were built to control the lordship of Denbigh after the Conquest of Wales by Edward I of England in 1282.

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Denbighshire

Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych) is a county in the north-east of Wales.

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Dinas Emrys

is a rocky and wooded hillock near Beddgelert in Gwynedd, north-west Wales.

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Dinas Powys

Dinas Powys (also spelt "Dinas Powis" in English) is a town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.

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Dinefwr Castle

Dinefwr Castle (Castell Dinefwr; also known as Old Dynevor Castle) is a ruined castle overlooking the River Towy near the town of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Dinerth Castle

The Castle of Dinerth (Castell Dineirth, Castell Dinerth, or Castell Allt Craig Arth) is a Welsh castle located near Aberarth, Ceredigion, west Wales that was completed 1110.

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Dingestow

Dingestow (pronounced, Llanddingad) is a small village in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Dolbadarn Castle

Dolbadarn Castle (Castell Dolbadarn) is a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, at the base of the Llanberis Pass, in northern Wales.

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Dolforwyn Castle

Dolforwyn Castle (Castell Dolforwyn) is a Welsh medieval castle above the village of Abermule, Powys.

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Dolwyddelan Castle

Dolwyddelan Castle (Castell Dolwyddelan) is a thirteenth-century castle located west of Dolwyddelan in Conwy County Borough, North Wales.

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Dryslwyn Castle

Dryslwyn Castle (Castell Dryslwyn or Castell y Drysllwyn) is a native Welsh castle, sited on a rocky hill roughly halfway between Llandeilo and Carmarthen in Wales.

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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. is the company known for publishing the Encyclopædia Britannica, the world's oldest continuously published encyclopaedia.

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Ewloe Castle

Ewloe Castle (Castell Ewloe or Castell Ewlo) is a native Welsh castle built by the Kingdom of Gwynedd near the town of Ewloe in Flintshire, Wales.

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Flint Castle

Flint Castle (Castell y Fflint) in Flint, Flintshire, was the first of a series of castles built during King Edward I's campaign to conquer Wales.

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Flintshire

Flintshire (Sir y Fflint) is a county in the north-east of Wales.

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Fonmon Castle

Fonmon Castle (Castell Ffwl-y-mwn) is a fortified medieval castle near the village of Fonmon in the Vale of Glamorgan and a Grade I listed building.

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Gaer Penrhôs

Gaer Penrhôs, in Ceredigion, Wales, was a ringwork castle at the summit of a steep hill near the village of Llanrhystud; now all that remains are the outlines of its ringworks.

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Glasbury

Glasbury (Y Clas-ar-Wy), also known as Glasbury-on-Wye, is a village and community in Powys, Wales.

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Grosmont Castle

Grosmont Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Gwrych Castle

Gwrych Castle (Castell Gwrych) is a Grade I listed country house near Abergele in Conwy County Borough, Wales.

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Gwydir Castle

Gwydir Castle is situated in the Conwy valley, Wales, a mile to the west of the ancient market town of Llanrwst and to the south of the large village of Trefriw.

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Gwynedd

Gwynedd is a county in the north-west of Wales.

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Harlech Castle

Harlech Castle (Castell Harlech) in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is a Grade I listed medieval fortification built onto a rocky knoll close to the Irish Sea.

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Haverfordwest Castle

Haverfordwest Castle (Castell Hwlffordd) is a castle located in the town centre at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, south Wales, located in a naturally defensive position at the end of a strong, isolated ridge.

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Hawarden Castle (18th century)

(New) Hawarden Castle (Castell Penarlâg (Newydd)) is a house in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales.

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Hawarden Castle (medieval)

Hawarden Old Castle (Castell Penarlâg) is a Grade I listed medieval castle near Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales.

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Hay Castle

Hay Castle (Castell y Gelli) is a medieval fortification and 17th-century mansion house in the small town of Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales.

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Hen Domen

Hen Domen Welsh, meaning "old mound", is the site of a medieval timber motte-and-bailey castle in Powys, Wales.

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Hensol Castle

Hensol Castle (previously Hensol House) is a castellated mansion in the Gothic Revival style dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, now a wedding and conference venue for The Vale Resort.

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Holt Castle

Holt Castle was a medieval castle in the village of Holt, Wrexham County Borough, Wales.

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Kenfig Castle

Kenfig Castle (Castell Cynffig) is a ruined castle in Bridgend County Borough in Wales that came to prominence after the Anglo-Norman invasion of Wales in the late 11th century.

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Kidwelly Castle

Kidwelly Castle (Castell Cydweli) is a Norman castle overlooking the River Gwendraeth and the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Knighton, Powys

Knighton (Tref-y-clawdd or Trefyclo) is a market town and community on the River Teme, straddling the border between Powys, Wales and Shropshire, England.

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Knucklas

Knucklas (Cnwclas, meaning "green hillock") is a village in Powys, Wales, previously Radnorshire.

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Lampeter Castle

Lampeter Castle (Castell Llanbedr), sometimes known as Stephen's Castle, was built during the Norman expansion into Wales at the end of the eleventh century.

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Laugharne Castle

Laugharne Castle (Castell Talacharn) is in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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List of castles

This is a list of castles from around the world.

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List of castles in Ireland

This List of Castles in Ireland, be they in Northern Ireland and thus United Kingdom or in the Republic of Ireland, is organised by county within their respective jurisdiction. List of castles in Wales and List of castles in Ireland are lists of castles in the United Kingdom.

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List of castles in the Isle of Man

This is a list of castles in the Isle of Man. List of castles in Wales and list of castles in the Isle of Man are lists of castles in the United Kingdom.

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Llanafan Fawr

Llanafan Fawr is a village and community and ecclesiastical parish in Powys, Wales.

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Llandovery Castle

Llandovery Castle (Castell Llanymddyfri) is a late thirteenth-century, Grade II*-listed, castle ruin in the town of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Llandyfriog

Llandyfriog is a community in Ceredigion, Wales.

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Llanfair Kilgeddin

Llanfair Kilgeddin (Llanfair Cilgedin) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, lying within the administrative community of Llanover.

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Llangynwyd Castle

Llangynwyd Castle is a ruined castle, probably of the 12th century, in Llangynwyd, in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales, just to the south of Maesteg.

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Llanover

Llanover (Llanofer) is a village in the community of Goetre Fawr in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Llansteffan Castle

Llansteffan Castle (Castell Llansteffan) is a privately owned castle in Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, Wales, overlooking the River Tywi estuary in Carmarthen Bay.

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Llantrisant Castle

Llantrisant Castle is a ruined castle in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glamorgan, Wales.

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Llantrisant, Monmouthshire

Llantrisant is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Llanvair Discoed

Llanvair Discoed (Llanfair Is Coed) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, 6 miles west of Chepstow and 10 miles east of Newport.

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Llawhaden Castle

Llawhaden Castle (Castell Llanhuadain) is a ruined castle in Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire, Wales, east of Haverfordwest.

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Loughor Castle

Loughor Castle is a ruined, medieval fortification located in the town of Loughor, Wales.

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Manorbier Castle

Manorbier Castle (Castell Maenorbŷr) is a Norman castle in Manorbier, southwest of Tenby, Wales.

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Margam Castle

Margam Castle, Margam, Port Talbot, Wales, is a late Georgian country house built for Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot.

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Mathrafal

Mathrafal near Welshpool, in Powys, Mid Wales, was the seat of the Kings and Princes of Powys probably from the 9th century until its destruction in 1213 by Prince Llywelyn the Great.

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Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.

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Mold Castle

Mold Castle (Castell yr Wyddgrug), also known as Bailey Hill in the town of Mold, Flintshire, north-east Wales, is a motte-and-bailey castle erected around 1072, probably by the Norman Robert de Montalt under instructions from Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester.

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Monmouth Castle

Monmouth Castle (Castell Trefynwy) is a castle close to the centre of the town of Monmouth, the county town of Monmouthshire, on a hill above the River Monnow in south-east Wales.

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Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south east of Wales.

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Montgomery Castle

Montgomery Castle (Castell Trefaldwyn) is a stone castle looking over the town of Montgomery in Powys, Mid Wales.

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Morganstown Castle Mound

Morganstown Castle Mound, also known as Morganstown Motte, is a medieval motte in the community of Morganstown in Cardiff, Wales, which is a scheduled monument.

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Morgraig Castle

Morgraig Castle (Castell Morgraig) is a ruined castle, which lies close to the southern borders of the county borough of Caerphilly, overlooking Cardiff in Wales.

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Morlais Castle

Morlais Castle is a 13th-century castle located above the Taff Gorge near the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales.

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Narberth Castle

Narberth Castle (Castell Arberth) is a ruined Norman fortress in the town of Narberth, Pembrokeshire, West Wales.

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National Trust

The National Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol; Iontaobhas Náisiúnta) is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Neath Castle

Neath Castle (Castell Nedd) is a Norman castle located in the town centre of Neath, Wales.

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Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a county borough in the south-west of Wales.

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Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (or simply Neath Port Talbot Council) is the local authority for the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, one of the 22 principal areas of Wales.

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New Radnor

New Radnor (Maesyfed) is a village in Powys, Wales, to the south of Radnor Forest, and was the county town of Radnorshire.

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Newcastle Castle, Bridgend

Newcastle Castle (Y Castell Newydd) is a medieval castle located on Newcastle Hill, Newcastle, overlooking the town centre of Bridgend in Glamorgan, South Wales. List of castles in Wales and Newcastle Castle, Bridgend are Gothic architecture in Wales.

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Newcastle Emlyn Castle

Newcastle Emlyn Castle (Castell Newydd Emlyn) is a ruined castle in the market town of Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Newcastle, Monmouthshire

Newcastle (Castell-newydd) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Newport Castle

Newport Castle (Castell Casnewydd) is a ruined castle in Newport, Wales.

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Newport Castle, Pembrokeshire

Newport Castle (Castell Trefdraeth) is a castle located in Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Newport, Wales

Newport (Casnewydd) is a city and county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, northeast of Cardiff.

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Ogmore Castle

Ogmore Castle (Castell Ogwr) is a Grade I listed castle ruin located near the village of Ogmore-by-Sea, south of the town of Bridgend in Glamorgan, South Wales.

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Old Beaupre Castle

Old Beaupre Castle (Hen Gastell y Bewpyr; also known as Beaupre Castle, Old Beaupre Manor, or simply Beaupre) is a ruined medieval fortified manor house located in the community of Llanfair, outside Cowbridge in Wales.

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Oldcastle, Bridgend

Oldcastle is an area and electoral ward of the town of Bridgend, Wales, to the south of the town centre.

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Oxwich Castle

Oxwich Castle (Castell Oxwich) is a Grade I listed castle which occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsula, Wales.

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Oystermouth Castle

Oystermouth Castle (Castell Ystum Llwynarth) is a Norman stone castle in Wales, overlooking Swansea Bay on the east side of the Gower Peninsula near the village of Mumbles.

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Painscastle Castle

Painscastle Castle is a castle in the village of Painscastle in Powys, Wales. List of castles in Wales and Painscastle Castle are Gothic architecture in Wales.

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Pembroke Castle

Pembroke Castle (Castell Penfro) is a medieval castle in the centre of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in Wales.

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Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) is a county in the south-west of Wales.

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Pen y Clawdd Castle

Pen y Clawdd Castle is a ditched mound with a double moat, roughly circular in shape, with a diameter of approximately 28m to 30m and about 2.4m high.

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Pencoed Castle

Pencoed Castle is a ruined Tudor mansion, largely dating from the 16th century, in the parish of Llanmartin, now within the city of Newport, south Wales.

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Penhow Castle

Penhow Castle, Penhow, Newport dates from the early 12th century.

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Penmark

Penmark (Pen-marc) is a rural village south-west of Barry near Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan, in South Wales.

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Pennard Castle

Pennard Castle is a ruined castle, near the modern village of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, in south Wales.

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Penrhos, Monmouthshire

Penrhos is a village in the community of Whitecastle in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Penrhyn Castle

Penrhyn Castle (Castell Penrhyn) is a country house in Llandygai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, constructed in the style of a Norman castle.

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Penrice Castle

Penrice Castle (Castell Pen-rhys) is a 13th-century castle near Penrice, Swansea on the Gower Peninsula, Wales.

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Picton Castle

Picton Castle (Castell Pictwn) is a medieval castle near Haverfordwest in the community of Uzmaston, Boulston and Slebech, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Powis Castle

Powis Castle (Castell Powys) is a medieval castle, fortress and grand country house near Welshpool, in Powys, Wales.

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Powys

Powys is a county and preserved county in Wales.

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Prestatyn Castle

Prestatyn Castle is a motte and bailey castle in Prestatyn, Wales, built in 1157 on land granted to the Norman lord Robert Banastre by King Henry II of England.

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Raglan Castle

Raglan Castle (Castell Rhaglan) is a late medieval castle located just north of the village of Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales.

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Ranulph de Mortimer

Ranulph I de Mortimer (Ralf, Ralph, Raoul de Mortemer) (born before –died in/after 1104) was a Marcher Lord from the Montgomery lands in the Welsh Marches (border lands between Wales and England).

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Rhayader

Rhayader (Rhaeadr Gwy) is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, within the historic county of Radnorshire.

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Rhondda Cynon Taf

Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales.

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Rhuddlan Castle

Rhuddlan Castle (Castell Rhuddlan) is a castle located in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales.

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Roch Castle

Roch Castle (Castell y Garn) is a 12th-century castle, located at Roch near Haverfordwest, Wales.

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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW; Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru), established in 1908, is a Welsh Government sponsored body concerned with some aspects of the archaeological, architectural and historic environment of Wales.

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Ruperra Castle

Ruperra Castle or Rhiwperra Castle (Castell Rhiw'r Perrai) is a Grade II* Listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, situated in Lower Machen in the county borough of Caerphilly, Wales.

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Ruperra Motte

Ruperra Motte, also known as Craig Ruperra Motte, (or Castell y Ddraenen) is a medieval motte and bailey castle in the community of Rudry close to the village of Draethen in the Caerphilly County Borough on the border with Newport in south west Wales.

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Ruthin Castle

Ruthin Castle (Castell Rhuthun) is a medieval castle fortification in Wales, near the town of Ruthin in the Vale of Clwyd.

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Skenfrith Castle

Skenfrith Castle (Castell Ynysgynwraidd) is a ruined castle in the village of Skenfrith in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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St Clears

St Clears (Sanclêr) is a town on the River Taf and a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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St Donat's Castle

St Donat's Castle (Castell Sain Dunwyd), St Donats, Wales, is a medieval castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, about to the west of Cardiff, and about to the west of Llantwit Major. Positioned on cliffs overlooking the Bristol Channel, the site has been occupied since the Iron Age, and was by tradition the home of the Celtic chieftain Caradog.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Wales

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